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Inner Grounds

by Anna Diorio

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Human Nature 04:24
(Verse 1) Do you ever sit back kick back and wonder Is this the real me or a spell I am under? Making blunders, running for cover when i hear the thunder Underneath it all never fear the call Of the natural state informing what's nurtured Happy outside inside tortured Til i Retrieve my ability to be a realer me Heal the tree wipe the blood from the roots Let the branches be free in the wind heal the wounds shake the noose Set loose by my ancestors Will we collectively forgive or leave them festering forever? Rendering our elders irrelevant - whatever Is it room for human error Why so many live in terror? Of debt collectors and oppressors Depression and the weather blind mice and men in pursuit of pleasure? (Chorus) Oh, It's just in my nature I said I'd do it now but I'll probly do it later Oh, it's just in my nature wanna fuck, eat, sleep and party til I meet my maker Oh but it’s also my nature To see my reflection in the eyes of a stranger So is that human nature? We all different but we all come from the same earth (Verse 2) Shake the curse off Are we worse off? Since the first man found a flock and a field A sword and a shield asking other men to yield He said she said who says what's real? Peel back the layers Check your notifications Is that capacity to love or a need for validation? While the news feed bleeds inoculation Speaks to a monstrous nation Running on the tick tock slave to the clock Is our species defined by Headlines bout pipelines Deadlines and blood lines Poison on the lunchline But that’s only sometimes inconsistent when existence is resistant it's met only with persistence (Hold up check the pulse) Do you feel that way too? 'Cause it’s natural for me to want to connect with you express something that relates Illuminates a human fate greater than escaping nature man versus ape A miracle we still Find bliss amidst the stress We all make excuses let me get mine off my chest (let me get it off my chest) (Chorus) Oh, It's just in my nature I said I'd do it now but I'll probly do it later Oh, it's just in my nature wanna fuck, eat, sleep and party til I meet my maker Oh but it’s also my nature To see my reflection in the eyes of a stranger So is that human nature? We all different but we all come from the same earth (Outro) Where did we come from? Where will we go? Nobody knows These questions with no answers just a chance at life one shot we all got this body just for a moment so what will you do? Will you rise to the occasion? And let your nature - your true nature shine through (Shine through)
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Alice 01:26
The yearning in her eyes you see she sees the truth Needs to move Mountains so she squeeze the juice free to choose following her need to cruise creatively Escaping the constraints of circumstance calls for much bravery She remembers when she came to see The institution of education built to keep the people at the bottom in their places Classroom like a slaveship Till music got the cave lit You can tell how much she craves it Can feel how she needs it To heal and find freedom To be with the person that she is Connect with the depths of her being where seeds live Connect with the depths of her being where seeds live
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Love Story 01:56
Energy is just a word capturing a flavor of an aspect of a shadow of what is and isn't it enough just to feel it? Let it wash over you drip down spine mind loses control over body and that space of certainty seems to lose relevance moves with medicine seems repetitive but maybe there's a point to it after all is said and done with the old ways will they return to knock? off the beaten path i roam with a reflection by my side he calls me out of my shell - shocked by his light bursting with radiance he thanks me for my radiance he sees what I can't always is a limitation forever is less than right now so let's just live there - i heard it's infinite and love is why we exist isn't it silly to think it can ever die? when it returns every time I guess that means it's there all along my skin trace a line and let it rest for eternity even apart there you are - I said to myself Falling in love with my own joy as it expands and bursts to the bliss of nothingness
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Medicine Man 04:56
Medicine man, oh medicine man Medicine man (Chorus) Medicine man I met a medicine man He met me where I am with a feather in hand Medicine man - never met a better man 'cuz he's all about the betterment and living for the land (Verse 1) That's why I'm giving him a hand even though it wasn't planned 'cuz there ain't nothing better than a medicine man a unify the masculine and feminine man I feel so feminine, damn as the elements land sublimated come escape with me relating our histories and herstories we've both been so damn patient for the sacred, ecstatic release automatic can't believe I ever believed in the static that this could be anything but organic I was in the attic Stacking up packages, caught on a tobacco kiss who can hold a match to this? Medicine man medicine man medicine medicine medicine man (Chorus) Medicine man I met a medicine man he met me where I am with a feather in hand Medicine man never met a better man 'cuz he's all about the betterment and living for the land Medicine man I met a medicine man he met me where I am with a feather in hand Medicine man never met a better man 'cuz he's all about the betterment and living for the land (Verse 2) Addict That’s the shit that I was Forgot ‘bout making honey 'cuz I was caught up in the buzz Caught up in the what now? WHAT IFS Caught up in the feeling of feeling better after just one spliff Just come drift with me Delivery from slippery misery A bigger me resides inside the wizardry was it a sin to be Seeking this so fervently urgently After all, what were all my urges earning me? A worried mind bound to a profound sense of urgency 'Til I sensed with certainty that you could sense the worth in me The sentences and words in me That could merge the sea with the sky as we fly with the birds and bees (Instrumental Break) (Chorus) Medicine man I met a medicine man he met me where I am with a feather in hand Medicine man never met a better man 'cuz he's all about the betterment and living for the land Medicine man I met a medicine man he met me where I am with a feather in hand Medicine man never met a better man 'cuz he's all about the betterment and living for the land (Verse 3) Communicate clearly illuminate Introspect and ruminate Not fabricate or aggravate aggregates just enumerate Make new mistakes Wait - there are no mistakes Only happy accidents a sacrament to chill with you relaxing in the magic of our entanglements Deeper than relationships Together we create a shift I’ve been patient waitin' for someone different than these other dudes that I've been relating with Aching for the way your lips call forth a sacredness that’s more than the nakedness Is love just finding someone you can chill and be naked with? Learning how to take a hit, not take it personal Work together make it vertical An open mind wont hurt ya skull Sing like a bird, a lullaby Pull the sky closer to your colored eyes I feel fuller why Did I wait so long? To see the medicine man was within me all along In a song That I just hadn’t sung yet 'Cuz there ain't no need to want when you’re one with the sunset. (Bom Shiva) 'Cuz there ain't no need to want when you're one with the sunset.
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Oh grandmother, when I grow old I will never leave a story untold Oh grandmother though I am young I do it all for you Oh grandfather, I am listening Oh grandfather, I feel you within my - Bones grandfather, though i am young I do it all for you For the Earth, I sing my song Can you feel it in your bones, can you feel it? For the Earth, I sing my song Can you feel it in your bones, can you feel it? Oh my mind, my body, my spirit mountains surrounding sounds of the river Every drop of flow I release I give it all to you Oh this life, is ours for a moment Born for a purpose find it and hone it Hold it close let it guide you through And do it all for you Do it all for you I do it all for you... For the earth, I sing my song Can you feel it, in your bones can you feel it? For the earth, I sing my song (sing it) Can you feel it, in your bones can you feel it? (can you feel it) A verse lifts the veil Words drift liquid infused in every exhale Let's sail off to greener pastures never come back Hollow like Apollo following the sun's track Everyone got one path but when it diverges - you could split the screen Split a cell see what emerges Percolating circulating even after the verse is fading the Earth is patient saying in each verse I'm praying - seems like an understatement I'm tryna find the love that lives under the hatred They say life is what you make it Life made us We come from the stars - made up of the same dust Why can't the brain trust what the heart gives? Between us where the art lives Raise it up, let it in, breathe it out First time I looked within I thought that I might drown 'Til I learned to swim, transmute my pain into the sounds 'Cuz you can't know about the world 'til you explore your Inner Grounds.

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Brooklyn-bred and LA-based emcee, singer and songwriter Anna Diorio —announces the release of her debut album, “Inner Grounds”. Produced by SriKala, this album defies boundaries and dances effortlessly between genres and dimensions. It's Hip Hop, it's Jazz, it's playful, it's sexy and vulnerable, touching both the deep and simple truths in life. Anna Diorio says that “this album represents a healing and transformational journey to claim my own power and my ability to make a difference through music”. With powerful features from Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, Lily Fangz, Kiyoshi, Rabbi Darkside, Arabelle and Jackson Whalan, Inner Grounds is multi-dimensional and inspiring.

Pre-Orders start: Nov 25th, 2018
Album release date: Dec 7th, 2018

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released December 7, 2018

Written and Recorded by Anna Diorio
Produced by SriKala
Mastered by Tim Boyce
Album art by Kiptoe

SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS:
- Medusa the Gangsta Goddess & Grandmother Kaariina: lyrics on track 4
- Kiyoshi, Lily Fangz & Rabbi Darkside: lyrics on track 9
- Arabelle Luke: beatbox on tracks 1, 5 & 10
- Jackson Whalan: co-production on track 8
- Adam Ahuja: piano on track 10
- Gavi Grodsky: guitar on tracks 5 & 6
- Kate Wilde: harp on tracks 1 & 2

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Anna Diorio New Jersey

fka happy accident.
multidimensional lyricism - mostly off the top - always from the heart.

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